Oh baby! It's not every year that a set of steamy novels, a buttoned-up British miniseries, and the iPhone influence America's birth certificates. According to BabyCenter, parents looked near and far for names in 2012.Aiden and Sophia reign supreme!The leading online pregnancy and parenting resource released its annual list of top 100 baby names and hottest naming trends Thursday.
Hottest Baby Names of 2012
The Best Tea for Every Ailment
Got a problem? Tea can fix it! Use this guide to find the best tea prescription for whatever's bugging you. By Sunny Sea Gold, REDBOOK.
If your tummy is upset...sip peppermint. Peppermint relaxes the muscles responsible for stomach cramps, says Peggy Kotsopoulos, nutritionist and host of Peggy K's Kitchen Cures. And it may also help with gas and diarrhea.
Oprah Reveals Breast Cancer Scare, Best Friend Gayle Visibly Upset
Oprah speaks onstage at the O Magazine conference.In what was a shocker to both the audience and apparently to her best friend Gayle King, Oprah Winfrey announced at O Magazine's annual conference in Los Angeles last month that she had recently weathered a breast cancer scare, according to The New York Times.
JFK portrait found hidden in old frame
A $5 garage-sale find turned out to contain a hidden treasure worth thousands. Here's what happened.
Pam Dwyer of Glendale, Ariz., picked up a picture of a horse at a garage sale in Sun City. Dwyer's husband had a hunch they were getting something more. Dwyer told CBS 5, "He says, 'I just have this gut feeling that there's something behind that.'"
There was. An amazingly detailed and deftly drawn original portrait of John F. Kennedy, signed and dated from 1961.
Suri Cruise, Tom Cruise Spend Thanksgiving Together in London
Suri Cruise is spending one of the most American of holidays across the pond. The famous 6-year-old celebrated Thanksgiving in London with her father Tom Cruise, a source confirms to Us Weekly. Currently shooting All You Need Is Kill in the UK, the actor, 50, sent a family member to pick up his youngest daughter from NYC.
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Dogs
Rachel Hunter with her dogs in front of their chic house. (La Petite Maison)When it comes to their pets, some celebrities spare no expense. Case in point: Supermodel Rachel Hunter's dogs reside in a house built especially for them that has terracotta floors and a red tile roof! In this episode of "Celebrity Pet Project," host Theo Von chats with interior designer Kari Whitman, who has created incredible living spaces tailored for dogs owned by Kristen Bell and Jessica Alba … including a doggie bunk bed in the Alba family's kitchen so the furry ones could watch their owner cook dinner!
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Donald Trump building future resting place on new golf course
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Did anyone really expect that Donald Trump was going to spend eternity buried in a ordinary, run of the mill, non-exclusive cemetery with the rest of us? Think again.
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The No. 1 Trick to Never Get Sick
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Feel a cold coming on? Try this remedy!f you smell onions in someone's socks over the next few weeks, do not be alarmed. That person is probably just fighting a cold.
Everyone seems to have a custom "miracle cure" for the common cold, and it seems the more creative the solution, the less bashful they are about sharing. A recent poll of Facebook friends revealed the following methods, all of which the practitioners stand by (in their onion-filled socks, in some cases):
Young Mother Gives Up ‘Beauty’ for One Year
Phoebe Baker-Hyde in a photo taken by her daughter Harriet.Frustrated with low-self esteem and feeling pressure to always look perfect, Phoebe Baker-Hyde gave up 'beauty' for an entire year.
In 2007, shortly after giving birth to her daughter, every time Baker-Hyde glanced in the mirror she was overwhelmed by how exhausted she looked. Like many women she was tired of spending enormous amounts of money on makeup and so-called miracle face creams. This time, rather than piling on the beauty products, she went in the complete opposite direction.
Mr. Bean’s days are numbered, says Rowan Atkinson
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Ever since actor Rowan Atkinson created his famous character Mr. Bean, the world hasn't been able to watch a scary movie, jump off a diving board, or make a sandwich the same way again. But sadly, the British thespian has announced that Mr. Bean's silent days could be numbered.
"The stuff that has been most commercially successful for me — basically quite physical, quite childish — I increasingly feel I'm going to do a lot less of," the 57-year-old actor told the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph over the weekend. "Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful."
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Is Your Child Gifted?
Many a proud parent has deemed their child bright, advanced and more intelligent than his or her peers. But how can parents tell the difference between their kid being smart or gifted?According to child psychologist Stephanie Meyer, giftedness and intelligence are innate. "Parents will describe their child from the beginning, the very first moments of life, as just being super alert," she tells Away We Grow host Diane Mizota. "Parents will often come in describing their child as having an extraordinary memory advance mathematical ability, sense of humor--just extraordinary sense of humor in a two-year-old--advanced storytelling abilities. They will often describe their child as having advanced vocabulary skills and the ability to articulate their feelings and ideas in ways that seem far beyond their age-mates."
Anne Hathaway on dropping 25 pounds for ‘Les Mis’: I was in a state of deprivation
Anne Hathaway (Annie Leibovitz/Vogue)It was for the love of her craft that Anne Hathaway whittled 25 pounds from her already thin frame earlier this year. Cast as Fantine in the upcoming big-screen adaption of "Les Misérables," the actress wanted to bring authenticity to her role as a dying prostitute, and it seems she was successful as she appears very gaunt in the trailer. In a new interview with Vogue, Hathaway talks about being on a "near-starvation diet" to slim down for the flick, and how her dramatic weight loss impacted her long after the cameras stopped rolling.
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Justin Bieber removing Selena Gomez reference from ‘Beauty and a Beat’ lyrics
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Breaking up is hard to do, especially when the time comes to delete romantic emails and texts, untag couple-y photos on Facebook, unfollowing on Twitter -- and, in Justin Bieber's case, altering lyrics to his worldwide hit pop song to exclude mentions of Selena Gomez.
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1984 Today Show Satanic toaster clip hailed as ‘greatest interview in television history’
For all the well-produced comedy videos uploaded to YouTube, few come close to matching the absolute gold of a 1984 Today Show interview about a woman and her satanically possessed toaster.
It's a piece of entertainment so epic that Gawker went as far as to call it "the greatest interview in television history."
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During the interview, June O'Brien tells a remarkably composed Richard Dominick that her beat-up toast-making machine speaks to her in the voice of actor Eli Wallach and spits out toast inscribed with the words "Satan Lives."
What You Should Eat Before a Workout
Yes! An excuse to drink chocolate milk!Experts say what you eat before a workout can have a major impact on how easy (or freaking hard) your gym sesh ends up being. Nosh on these power-boosting snacks an hour or two before you break a sweat to max out your workout.
Pandas' Bamboo Food May Be Lost to Climate Change
Though they are one of the most beloved animal species on Earth, pandas aren't safe from the devastating effects of climate change.
According to a new study, projected temperature increases in China over the next century will likely seriously hinder bamboo, almost the sole source of food for endangered pandas. Only if bamboo can move to new habitats at higher elevations will pandas stand a chance, the researchers said.
5 Dating Myths You Need to Know
Here are some dating tips you should probably ditch.Paul Carrick Brunson, matchmaker and author of the new relationship book, It's Complicated (But It Doesn't Have to Be), IDs the dating advice and myths that are total B.S.
Tattoo Shop Tiles Floor With 250,000 Pennies
Mel Angst, the owner of Artisan Tattoos in Pittsburgh, recently completed a massive project. The project? Tiling the parlor's floor with 250,000 pennies. Yes, 250,000 pennies. The 800 square foot creation took 300 man-hours, and free penny tattoos were given to patrons that worked at least 30 hours on the job. To quote the great Nancy Sinatra: "These Cents Were Made For Walkin'!" Also, remember that supposed Big Foot video from last week? We're gonna make fun of it!
4 Aging Signs May Reveal Heart Disease Risk
A bald patch on the top of your head or a small vertical crease in your earlobe may seem like relatively harmless signs of aging, but a new study says signs like these may signal an increased risk of heart disease.
Danish researchers found that people were 39 percent more likely to have heart disease, and 57 percent more likely to have a heart attack, if they had at least three of these four signs: baldness on top of the head, receded hairline, a crease in the earlobe, and fatty deposits on the eyelids known as xanthelasmata.
The researchers accounted for people's ages in their results.
Where are they now: Penny from ‘Dirty Dancing’ lives suburban-celebrity life
Cynthia Rhodes, left, and Richard Marx in 2002 (Photo: Vince Bucci/Getty Images)She danced her way onto the big screen in the '80s and also into the heart of one well known pop star of the time -- Richard Marx ("Right Here Waiting" and "Now and Forever"). Always known as a woman who favored her moral compass over the seduction of fame, it is not entirely surprising to learn that Cynthia Rhodes happily chose family life over career.
World's Rarest Whale Seen for First Time
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The world's rarest whale has been spotted for the first time, in New Zealand, where two of the whales stranded themselves.
The two spade-toothed beaked whales, a mother and calf, stranded and died on Opape Beach on the North Island of New Zealand, in December 2010. The mother was 17 feet (5.3 meters) long and the calf was 11 feet (3.5 m) long.
5 Myths About Tea
By Kerri-Ann Jennings, M.S., R.D., Associate Nutrition Editor, EatingWell Magazine
You probably already know that tea is an incredibly healthy beverage. In fact, studies show that if you drink tea regularly, you may reduce your risk of Alzheimer's and diabetes, plus have healthier teeth and gums and stronger bones. But not everything you've heard about tea is true. Here are 5 myths about tea busted:
Breast is Best? One Dad Says No to Breastfeeding
One dad says that, when it comes to his kid, breast isn't best. (Photo: Thinkstock)In an article published yesterday in The Atlantic, one dad makes his case against breastfeeding, saying that the "breast is best" mindset added insult to injury after his wife struggled to nurse their son.
5 ways thieves steal credit card data
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The whodunit of stolen credit cards
Gone are the days of the good old-fashioned purse snatcher. With little brute and more skill, thieves only need a minute, sometimes a second, to pilfer your credit card data."Back in the beginning, they got the imprint of credit cards from the carbon copies they dug out of the trash," says William Noonan, assistant special agent in charge of the Secret Service's criminal investigative division. "Technology has changed things."
2013 Yahoo! Autos Car of the Year
The 2013 model year brought consumers a fleet of new machines, and the editors and writers of Yahoo! Autos tested over 100 new models this year, from the brutish Ford Shelby GT500 to the gas-sipping Toyota Prius C. But all those appear to be automotive afterthoughts when compared to that futureshock of an electric sedan and Yahoo! Autos' Car of the Year: the Tesla Model S.
Tone Your Arms in 7 Days
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Get Stronger, Sexier Arms
Don’t spend the fall and winter months hiding in long sleeves. Exercise your right to bare toned arms! The key to stronger, sexier arms is developing more lean muscle and reducing your overall body fat.Fitness expert and certified personal trainer Jessica Smith developed this toned arms exercise plan, which can be done up to four non-consecutive days per week, with 30-60 minutes of your favorite cardio activity on off days. For best results, try eliminating 500 excess calories from your daily diet using any of these simple calorie-cutting strategies.
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